How to bake vegan chocolate chip and orange biscotti

Biscotti is a favorite cookie but they have been the hardest to veganize, until now. Check out the secret ingredients in this cooking how-to video. You'll just love these vegan chocolate chip and orange biscotti. You don't just have to add chocolate chips and orange as your vegan ingredients, get creative and add your own.

Ingredients:
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
Pinch salt
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup applesauce
1 tbsp canola oil
1-1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1-1/2 tsp. almond extract
3/4 tsp orange oil or 1-1/2 tsp orange extract or 1 tsp grated orange zest
1 cup vegan semisweet chocolate chips

1. In a bowl, mix together flour, baking powder and salt.

2. In a bowl of a stand mixer, beat together sugar and applesauce until thickened. Add canola oil, vanilla, almond extract and orange oil, beating until blended. Add flour mixture, beating on low speed just until blended. Stir in chocolate chips, stirring just until mixed.

3. Divide dough in half. Turn out dough onto prepared baking sheet. With lightly floured hands, shape each half into a log, flattening the tops slightly. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until dough is golden and almost firm to the touch. Remove the tray from oven and let cool for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 325°F.

4. Transfer logs to a cutting board. Cut each log into slices. Place slices, upright, onto parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes longer, or until lightly browned and toasted. The biscotti will be slightly soft in center but will harden as they cool. Let biscotti cool on baking sheet.